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News Rights group urges EU to take new approach to refugee crisis
Rights group urges EU to take new approach to refugee crisis
Taylor Isaac
November 17, 2015 03:18:32 pm

Amnesty International (AI) released a report Tuesday detailing problems with how the EU is approaching the refugee crisis and recommending changes to ensure international law is followed and human rights are appropriately valued. AI is calling...

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News Federal judge rules Boston police exam had racially disparate impact
Federal judge rules Boston police exam had racially disparate impact
Emelina Perez
November 17, 2015 02:31:06 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled Monday that the method used by the Boston Police Department to promote sergeants to the rank of lieutenant had a...

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News UN rights expert urges continued international support for Somalia
UN rights expert urges continued international support for Somalia
Jacqueline Jones
November 17, 2015 01:34:19 pm

UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights Ivan Simonovic called on Somalia's international partners Tuesday to increase their aid in order for the country to maintain its gains in protecting its citizens' human rights. Simonovic described the major...

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News Lesbian mother appeals judge’s adoption refusal to Supreme Court
Lesbian mother appeals judge’s adoption refusal to Supreme Court
Taylor Gillan
November 17, 2015 01:24:03 pm

An Alabama woman on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to review the decision of an Alabama court not to recognize her adoption of her same-sex partner's three children. She has also asked the Supreme...

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News UN rights expert: Paris attacks may be crimes against humanity
UN rights expert: Paris attacks may be crimes against humanity
Jacqueline Jones
November 17, 2015 01:11:09 pm

An independent UN human rights expert said Tuesday that last week's attacks in Paris may constitute crimes against humanity. The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, said, "hese attacks may constitute a...

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News Report cites failures of Baltimore police response to protests
Report cites failures of Baltimore police response to protests
Miracle Jones
November 17, 2015 12:56:49 pm

The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) on Monday publicly released an independent report detailing issues with the police response during the April civil unrest, including lack of clear guidance and inadequate protective gear. The report, prpared by...

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News New Jersey lawmakers advance immigrant driver’s license bill
New Jersey lawmakers advance immigrant driver’s license bill
Taylor Gillan
November 17, 2015 12:49:22 pm

New Jersey lawmakers on Monday advanced a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain New Jersey driver's licenses. The bill, considered by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee , would allow such immigrants to...

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News Federal judge orders Congress to cooperate with insider trading probe
Federal judge orders Congress to cooperate with insider trading probe
William Helbling
November 17, 2015 10:34:49 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered a US House of Representatives committee and a former staffer to cooperate with an insider trading investigation into a...

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News Bosnia police arrest 3 accused of war crimes
Bosnia police arrest 3 accused of war crimes
William Helbling
November 17, 2015 10:34:42 am

Bosnian police on Tuesday arrested three men suspected of committing war crimes during the 1990s. Sarajevo lawyer Ibro Merkez and Gorazde police commissioner Esef Huric are alleged to have illegally detained and...

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News Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to UAE
Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees transferred to UAE
Alonso Diaz
November 16, 2015 06:53:12 pm

Five Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the Department of Defense (DOD) announced Sunday. The Guantanamo Review Task Force (GRTF) unanimously approved for transfer...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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